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   by ckdhtc 13y ago

   The purpose is to make money, as with _all_ businesses. You think Apple want to make products and improve people's lives without making money? If so, why don't they reduce the prices? You think Google is all about search? No, i
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   by ckdhtc 13y ago

   "I don't know about "often," unless you're talking about trading individual issues where news events introduce a high degree of uncertainty. There's really only been one case of a market-wide drying up of liqui
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   by ckdhtc 13y ago

   "HFTs are tilting the balance in one way (helping the rich getting richer) " WTF are you talking about? 1. HFT's are full of math and computer science people, which are usually drawn from the middle and lower classes. 2. Befo
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   by ckdhtc 13y ago

   Why is it concentrated in fewer hands? Yes, there are fewer firms, but many people employed at those firms. For example, Knight has over 1000 people.